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BMW Motorcycles Clinch 16 Best Bike Awards for 2014

Tue Aug 26 21:35:00 CEST 2014 Press Release

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Woodcliff Lake, NJ – August 26, 2014…The accolades keep coming and the year is not yet over. In the past six months, BMW Motorrad USA has collected 16 Best Bike Awards for 2014, including six “Best Of” awards from Motorcycle.com for the second year in a row, four “Best Of” awards from Motorcyclist, three of the top ten spots in Cycle World’s “Ten Best Bikes for 2014,” and Rider’s 2014 People’s Choice Motorcycle of the Year award for the BMW R 1200 RT. MSN Autos also chose the BMW R nineT and BMW S 1000 R as two of “The Best Bikes for the 2014 Riding Season.”

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – August 26, 2014…The accolades
keep coming and the year is not yet over. In the past six months, BMW
Motorrad USA has collected 16 Best Bike Awards for 2014, including six
“Best Of” awards from Motorcycle.com for the second year in a
row, four “Best Of” awards from Motorcyclist, three of the
top ten spots in Cycle World’s “Ten Best Bikes for 2014,” and
Rider’s 2014 People’s Choice Motorcycle of the Year award for
the BMW R 1200 RT. MSN Autos also chose the BMW R nineT and BMW S
1000 R as two of “The Best Bikes for the 2014 Riding Season.”

“It is a tremendous honor to receive a ‘Best Of’ award from the
motorcycle press in any category. To receive multiple awards from
respected journalists and customers across several categories in just
six months is phenomenal,” observed Kris Odwarka, Vice President, BMW
Motorrad USA. “Positive response to our newly introduced and existing
models reaffirms our commitment to continually raising the bar for
safety, performance and technology.”

For the second year, BMW motorcycles swept six categories in
Motorcycle.com’s annual “Best Of” awards. The website, which
is visited each month by more than 2 million motorcycle enthusiasts
around the world, named the latest generation BMW R 1200 RT “Best
Sport Touring Motorcycle” and the all-new BMW R nineT “Best Standard
Motorcycle.” In an encore performance, BMW captured the “Best Touring
Motorcycle” category – this time with the newly upgraded BMW K 1600
GTL Exclusive – as well as “Best Scooter” with the BMW C 650 GT. The
iconic BMW R 1200 GS, last year’s Motorcycle of the Year winner, tied
for “Best On Off-Road/Adventure Motorcycle.” Once again, BMW also won
kudos for “Best New Motorcycle Technology” with Hill Start Control,
the latest electronic rider aid newly introduced on the 2014 R 1200 RT
and K 1600 GTL Exclusive.

“BMW has been on an absolute tear for a number of years,” wrote Tom
Roderick of Motorcycle.com.

Commenting on the 2014 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure, Motorcyclist
editors wrote, “It would be painfully easy for BMW to fall into a
“printing money” mode with the big GS, especially the Adventure model.
(Which will, we’re told, account for just more than half of the GS
sales in the U.S. this year.) After all, the GS is an institution, and
it’s assumed that buyers will line up for new ones no matter how good
they are. But that’s not BMW’s tack with the GS Adventure. Launched a
year after the new water-cooled engine debuted in the basic GS, the
Adventure has so many tweaks, updates, improvements, and just plain
old differences that it could almost be considered a new model. Heck,
BMW did more in the GS-to-Adventure update than many manufacturers do
for whole-model updates. That’s how serious BMW is about the GS platform.”

For more information on Motorcyclist’s “Best Of” picks for 2014, visit:

For the fourth year in a row, BMW claimed Cycle World’s
“Best Touring Bike” category with the 2014 BMW K 1600 GTL.

“A tough category, but the cream that is the BMW K 1600 GTL has
remained at the top of this CW class for an impressive four years,”
wrote Cycle World editors. “The secret to the GTL’s success?
The sophisticated sportiness that emanates from an outstanding chassis
and a silky smooth inline-six engine that wails like a banshee above
6,000 rpm…No other machine has such a broad capability, transitioning
from luxury superslab cushiness to taut, wicked-fast composure on a
back road with the flick of a few modes. For the touring rider who
wants everything and then some, there is no better choice.”

“It takes a pretty special machine to unseat the BMW K 1600 GT as
Cycle World’s best sport-touring bike, but that’s exactly
what the new wasserboxer-powered BMW R 1200 RT is,” commented
Cycle World editors. It’s not just the fact that the RT
uses a flat-twin, BMW’s spiritual core, but also that this swift and
comfortable machine is about 130 pounds lighter than its six-cylinder
sibling, which makes it easier to maneuver in your garage or on
Mulholland. Yet the R 1200 RT, with its saddlebags, optional top case,
and excellent fairing, is still very much a great long-distance pack
mule, boasting electronic ride modes and Dynamic ESA semi-active
suspension that adapt the bike to any condition. Score one for the purists.”

Capturing Cycle World’s “Best Standard Bike” pick, the BMW S
1000 R also received high praise. “The offerings in the once niche
sport naked category have grown so vast it appears to have become the
new standard. Why settle for only comfort and practicality when you
can have that and more? BMW currently offers a superior answer. The S
1000 R delivers superbike acceleration and track-sharp handling when
you want it yet possesses a civil side that is just a few button
presses away. Adrenaline or relaxation, the S 1000 R’s HP4-derived
electronics suite administers both and sets a higher standard,” wrote
Cycle World editors.

For more information on Cycle World’s “Ten Best Bikes for 2014” visit:

Earlier this summer, Rider Magazine asked readers to vote
for their favorite 2014 bike in its People’s Choice Motorcycle of the
Year Contest. The BMW R 1200 RT emerged the winner out of nearly 50
contenders. And what did readers say?

“Outstanding balance. Not too big…not too small. Not too sporty…not
too focused on touring. Not too heavy. Perfect balance of performance.
If you can only have one bike (like most of us), this one is it.”

For more information on Rider’s 2014 People’s Choice
Motorcycle of the Year Contest results, visit:

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